How To Start Your Own Theater Company

Author : Reginald Nelson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781556528132

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How to Start Your Own Theater Company by Reginald Nelson Pdf

With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for wouldbe playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and navigating legal issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago's award-winning Congo Square Theatre, this journey behind the curtain reveals the nitty-gritty details--such as managing rent, parking, and safety issues; determining tax status and calculating budgets; and finding flexible day jobs--that are often overlooked amid the zeal of artistic pursuit. Inspired by Congo Square's own unique inception, the valuable how-to also speaks directly to the many underserved audiences who want to create their own companies, including African American, Asian American, Latino, physically challenged, and GLBT communities. With lists of Equity offices, legal advisers, and important organizations, this complete resource is sure to help ambitious theater lovers establish and maintain their own successful companies.

Author : Reginald Nelson,David Schwimmer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781569766170

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How to Start Your Own Theater Company by Reginald Nelson,David Schwimmer Pdf

With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for wouldbe playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and navigating legal issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago's award-winning Congo Square Theatre, this journey behind the curtain reveals the nitty-gritty details—such as managing rent, parking, and safety issues; determining tax status and calculating budgets; and finding flexible day jobs—that are often overlooked amid the zeal of artistic pursuit. Inspired by Congo Square's own unique inception, the valuable how-to also speaks directly to the many underserved audiences who want to create their own companies, including African American, Asian American, Latino, physically challenged, and GLBT communities. With lists of Equity offices, legal advisers, and important organizations, this complete resource is sure to help ambitious theater lovers establish and maintain their own successful companies.

Author : David Dean Bottrell
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780399581908

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Working Actor by David Dean Bottrell Pdf

Veteran character actor David Dean Bottrell draws on his 35+ tumultuous years of work in the entertainment industry to offer a guide to breaking in, making a living, and making a life in the fabulous trenches of show business. Covers every facet of the business, including: - Capturing the perfect headshot - Starting (and maintaining) your network - Picking an agent - Audition do’s and don’ts - Joining the union(s): SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association (AEA) - On stage vs on screen - Paying the bills - Self-promotion - Late bloomers - When to get out David Dean Bottrell has worn many different hats during his decades in showbiz: television actor with appearances on Boston Legal, Modern Family, The Blacklist, Mad Men, True Blood, NCIS, and Days of Our Lives; screenwriter for Paramount and Disney; respected acting teacher at UCLA and AADA; and regular expert columnist for esteemed acting site Backstage. In Working Actor, Bottrell offers a how-to manual jammed with practical information and insider advice, essential reading for any artist (aspiring or established) in need of insight or inspiration. Mixing prescriptive advice ("Getting Started," "Learning Your Craft," "Finding an Agent") with wisdom drawn from Bottrell's own professional highs and lows and those of his acting compatriots, this book's humorous, tell-it-like-it-is tone is a must-have guide for anyone hoping to successfully navigate show business.

Author : Rafe Beckley
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781782795520

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Open Book Theater Management by Rafe Beckley Pdf

In the world of Fringe (or Off-Off Broadway) theatre, a strong debate has been raging for years - when you're producing a low/no-budget production, how on earth can you make it happen and still treat everyone involved in an open, honest and ethical manner? Where do you stand with profit-share productions when you can't afford to pay Union minimums? Open Book Theatre Management, along with its free online resources of instructional budget spreadsheets, is the first book ever to show you exactly how to mount a theatre production without losing either your integrity or your shirt. It is aimed at actors, directors and producers in the early stages of their careers; drama schools; and further and higher education establishments. The methodologies outlined in the book are transferable across all countries in which arts funding is difficult to secure. The time for going to the Establishment with the begging bowl is over. There need be no more excuses. The author will even show you how to start your own theatre company for only a tenner…

Author : Jenny Connell Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1623849020

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Dragon Play by Jenny Connell Davis Pdf

Author : Judith A. Hackbarth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000023498372

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Plays, Players, and Playing by Judith A. Hackbarth Pdf

Tells how to teach children movement, pantomime, and improvisation, and discusses casting, rehearsals, set design, costumes, advertising, insurance, and bookkeeping.

Author : John Mayer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781474239479

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Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago by John Mayer Pdf

In 1974, a group of determined, young high school actors started doing plays under the name of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, eventually taking residence in the basement of a church in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. Thus began their unlikely journey to become one of the most prominent theatre companies in the world. Steppenwolf Theatre Company has changed the face of American Theatre with its innovative approach that blends dynamic ensemble performance, honest, straightforward acting, and bold, thought-provoking stories to create compelling theatre. This is the first book to chronicle this iconic theatre company, offering an account of its early years and development, its work, and the methodologies that have made it one of the most influential ensemble theatres today. Through extensive, in-depth interviews conducted by the author with ensemble members, this book reveals the story of Steppenwolf's miraculous rise from basement to Broadway and beyond. Interviewees include co-founders Jeff Perry, Gary Sinise and Terry Kinney, along a myriad of ensemble, staff, board members and others.

Author : Karl Falconer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000873474

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Starting a Theatre Company by Karl Falconer Pdf

Exploring everything from company incorporation and marketing, to legal, finance and festivals, Starting a Theatre Company is the complete guide to running a low-to-no budget or student theatre company. Written by an experienced theatre practitioner and featuring on-the-ground advice, this book covers all aspects of starting a theatre company with limited resources, including how to become a company, finding talent, defining a style, roles and responsibilities, building an audience, marketing, the logistics of a production, legalities, funding, and productions at festivals and beyond. The book also includes a chapter on being a sustainable company, and how to create a mindset that will lead to positive artistic creation. Each chapter contains a list of further resources, key terms and helpful tasks designed to support the reader through all of the steps necessary to thrive as a new organisation. An eResource page contains links to a wide range of industry created templates, guidance and interviews, making it even easier for you to get up and running as simply as possible. Starting a Theatre Company targets Theatre and Performance students interested in building their own theatre companies. This book will also be invaluable to independent producers and theatre makers.

Author : Moises Kaufman,Barbara Pitts McAdams
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781101971789

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Moment Work by Moises Kaufman,Barbara Pitts McAdams Pdf

A detailed guide to the collaborative method developed by the acclaimed creators of The Laramie Project and Gross Indecency--destined to become a classic. A Vintage Original. By Moisés Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams with Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Kelli Simpkins, Jimmy Maize, and Scott Barrow. For more than two decades, the members of Tectonic Theater Project have been rigorously experimenting with the process of theatrical creation. Here they set forth a detailed manual of their devising method and a thorough chronicle of how they wrote some of their best-known works. This book is for all theater artists—actors, writers, designers, and directors—who wish to create work that embraces the unbridled potential of the stage.

Author : Greg Kotis,Mark Hollmann
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0571211828

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Urinetown by Greg Kotis,Mark Hollmann Pdf

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Author : Paul Sills,Jal_l al-D_n R_m_ (Maulana)
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1557833982

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Paul Sills' Story Theater by Paul Sills,Jal_l al-D_n R_m_ (Maulana) Pdf

(Applause Books). The creator of Story Theater , the original director of Second City , and one of the greatest popularizers of improvisational theater, Paul Sills has assembled some of his favorite adaptations from world literature. Includes: The Blue Light and Other Stories, A Christmas Carol (Dickens), Stories of God, Rumi .

Author : Genevieve Graham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501142925

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Come from Away by Genevieve Graham Pdf

From the bestselling author of Tides of Honour and Promises to Keep comes a poignant novel about a young couple caught on opposite sides of the Second World War. In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker’s three brothers, sharp and proud in their uniforms, board Canadian ships headed for a faraway war. Grace stays behind, tending to the homefront and the general store that helps keep her small Nova Scotian community running. The war, everyone says, will be over before it starts. But three years later, the fighting rages on and rumours swirl about “wolf packs” of German U-Boats lurking in the deep waters along the shores of East Jeddore, a stone’s throw from Grace’s window. As the harsh realities of war come closer to home, Grace buries herself in her work at the store. Then, one day, a handsome stranger ventures into the store. He claims to be a trapper come from away, and as Grace gets to know him, she becomes enamoured by his gentle smile and thoughtful ways. But after several weeks, she discovers that Rudi, her mysterious visitor, is not the lonely outsider he appears to be. He is someone else entirely—someone not to be trusted. When a shocking truth about her family forces Grace to question everything she has so strongly believed, she realizes that she and Rudi have more in common than she had thought. And if Grace is to have a chance at love, she must not only choose a side, but take a stand. Come from Away is a mesmerizing story of love, shifting allegiances, and second chances, set against the tumultuous years of the Second World War.

Author : Harvey Schmidt,Tom Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781557839930

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The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt,Tom Jones Pdf

These popular editions allow the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly ÊreadingÊ text to the more sensuous more collaborative more malleable ÊperformanceÊ text which emerges in conjunction with the commentary and notes. Each note each gloss each commentary reflects the stage life of the play with constant reference to the challenge of the text in performance. Readers will not only discover an enlivened Shakespeare they will be empowered to rehearse and direct their own productions of the imagination in the process.

Author : Jan Cohen-Cruz
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813537580

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Local Acts by Jan Cohen-Cruz Pdf

An eclectic mix of art, theatre, dance, politics, experimentation, and ritual, community-based performance has become an increasingly popular art movement in the United States. Forged by the collaborative efforts of professional artists and local residents, this unique field brings performance together with a range of political, cultural, and social projects, such as community-organizing, cultural self-representation, and education. Local Acts presents a long-overdue survey of community-based performance from its early roots, through its flourishing during the politically-turbulent 1960s, to present-day popular culture. Drawing on nine case studies, including groups such as the African American Junebug Productions, the Appalachian Roadside Theater, and the Puerto Rican Teatro Pregones, Jan Cohen-Cruz provides detailed descriptions of performances and processes, first-person stories, and analysis. She shows how the ritual side of these endeavors reinforces a sense of community identification while the aesthetic side enables local residents to transgress cultural norms, to question group habits, and to incorporate a level of craft that makes the work accessible to individuals beyond any one community. The book concludes by exploring how community-based performance transcends even national boundaries, connecting the local United States with international theater and cultural movements.

Author : Herbert Blau
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010203318

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The Impossible Theater by Herbert Blau Pdf

The author critiques contemporary American theater.